Garden Transformation: A Year in Review + Plans for 2023 🌱

[@Lovelygreens]

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[@ninirossau2304]

I have not been watching for several months. the reason is simple. I have been saving them for this dreary period. christmas is over and I cant do much work in the garden. this is the time for planning and dreaming. gotta get some chickens and rabbits again. wonderfull helpers.

[@ThaStonedGardner]

We just bought a new house with an acre and a half of perfectly manicured grass. I can't wait to start tearing it out! I've got trees and shrubs on order. I've got about about hundred different types of seeds. Come on spring!

[@LindasFlowersandVegetablesGard]

What a beautiful transformation, Your are talent gardener! subscribed your channel, and looking forward your next one !

[@cindybroadus3277]

If your climate is lizard friendly. I can tell you the lizards here in the Ozarks do considerable damage to bugs. I pray that you can stop the dreaded Flat worms. Your gardens look amazing. Great video. Best wishes for your beautiful gardens. I grow greens indoors in tubs and put them on southern window shelf’s. Perfect for them evidently as they are lush and healthy

[@edward8563]

I went with tormule with plasti pipe under grond. Blow air in. The sumer .witer blow it out so it keep it warm

[@niallgardens]

You've achieved so much so fast - between the polycrub and the veg garden, it's just brilliant! I actually gasped when you revealed the unwelcome visitors you'd found... they're something I haven't come across here in the garden yet and I'm hoping I never will. I'm so looking forward to seeing what 2023 brings you and the garden! ❤

[@Lovelygreens]

Thank you Niall 💚 My first reaction, sans camera, was to gasp too and then sit in shock. NZ flatworms are the bane of many northern Irish gardener too. On a more positive note, looking forward to having you visit the garden at some point this year!

[@Lepotagerdesgourmands]

Bonjour , magnifique jardin , beaucoup de verdures à bientôt merci 🙏🙏🙏

[@cyndiweyler910]

invasive pests are always a challenge -- I have no idea what a New Zealand flatworm is but I can assume we all have the same kind of nasty pests. Last year I did companion planting idea and I can say it made for the easiest buggy year ever...we get tomato horn worms here and even though they came again this last year...they were 1/2 their size, they stayed on the Kale, not my Tomatoes!!! I planted basil in between all my tomatoes..basil is a companion plant for tomatoes in the garden...as well as in the kitchen!!! All the best for 2023!

[@CharleneMGrant]

Tanya, I have enjoyed your videos for quite a while now. I purchased your book last year and find it so well written and with such beautiful images and useful information. I appreciate your frankness in this video about wanting to shed some pounds and get back into your clothes. We can all relate to that; yet, it takes courage to look at oneself in the mirror and to also be so open about that. That is inspirational. Thank you.

[@Lovelygreens]

I'm so pleased that you enjoyed my book! And yes, the weight has been creeping in 😂 Time to take control of the situation, though!

[@jaynemar1]

Your gardens are absolutely stunning!

[@Lovelygreens]

Thank you so much!

[@dianawilson995]

I so enjoy your channel! I live in the desert southwest of the US. Our growing season is so different! In January we are entering our rainy season. My garden is full of tomato plants covered with blossoms. My peppers from bell to jalapeño are producing and broccoli is nearly ready to harvest! I have a heck of a time with any kind of peas or beans. By February I will be canning quarts of tomatoes every week until June. When it gets over 90* the tomatoes will have blossoms but will not have more fruit. Happy New Year!

[@Lovelygreens]

Every growing climate has its wins, quirks, and challenges. I definitely wouldn't mind outdoor tomatoes in early spring, though! 😁 💚

[@thisorthat7626]

@dianawilson995, I am in SoCal and have the same experience this winter. Tomatoes, peppers and chard survived the hot summer and are now thriving. But my garden basically stopped growing for 3 months last summer. That was surprising to me. Anyway, it looks like I will be planting a lot of seeds and seedlings in February. Have a great 2023!

[@dn744]

Happy New year's 😊 😃

[@maritwilkens9573]

Hi Tanya, I have just "met" you in this video, and subscribed right away. I love your approach to gardening and also your very pleasent and relaxed tone of voice. I look forward to following you on your journey.

[@Cidtalk]

Looking forward to another year of growing with you!

[@Lovelygreens]

Thank you! So pleased that you're here :)

[@junewrogg6137]

I've been in awe of all you have achieved over the last 18 months. I look forward to every video. Happy new year!!!

[@Lovelygreens]

That's very kind of you, June :) Thank you and have a happy new year too!

[@dravonwalker2352]

I saw your post with the silicone sealing and decided to do that with all of the new raised beds added this year. I’m excited to see how it turns out. Thank you for the inspiration!

[@Lovelygreens]

You're welcome!

[@treehouse3240]

Happy New Year Tanya and family. You and your husband have done a wonderful job. What a lovely garden . All the best in 2023. Terry Ont. Can.

[@Lovelygreens]

Thank you, Terry, and happy New Year to you too :)

[@MikeS1935]

I line my raised beds with plastic using stales steel staples to attach it the the sides

[@Lovelygreens]

In my garden, I would avoid that since the space between the plastic and the wood is a great place for slugs to live. You might not have slugs in your garden though!

[@jennyjohnson9012]

Happy New Year Tanya. Cant wait for a new year of gardening and videos from you! I'm just starting to sort my seeds out and I've decided to go for quality this year not quantity. I always sow far too much of everything and pricking out becomes a nightmare. The nights are lengthening and I just want Spring now!

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

I can’t wait for summer

[@kangtani_indonesia]

Very fertile plants and professional farming methods, thanks for sharing and being an inspiration for my farm

[@pattiaustin565]

Fantastic! Happy New Year to you as well! Love your new home and garden. I have also gained during Covid and just started walking again and yoga soon! It really helped to hear you talk about it. 🙏

[@stevendowden2579]

well you worked wonders on the garden you should be proud of what you achieved a big well done tanya

[@Lovelygreens]

Thank you Steven. I can't wait to see how it evolves over the next year 😁

[@jackieopperman6568]

You've made so much progress in one year, so excited to see what you have planned for 2023. All the best for the new growing season.

[@Lovelygreens]

Thank you so much, Jackie :)

[@muhammadyounas139]

Hi i appreciate .its all because of ur hardwork

[@mrcogginsgarage7062]

It's been a real pleasure to come along with you On this journey Tanya Thank you to both you and Josh Happy New Year.

[@Lovelygreens]

Happy new year and thank you so much :)

[@paulinemorris5186]

Fantastic update, I would love a polycrub but just haven't the room. Fingers crossed that the flatworm isn't a problem.

[@irishcottagerenovation9900]

You have achieved so much and your garden and polycrub looked so productive. I looked into getting a polycrub here in west of Ireland but failed so have poly tunnel instead but like you setting up info structure is key. Oh and wanted to do no dig beds but found ground full of old silage plastic and string. Best of luck with flat worm hopefully just isolated siting. Happy New year all the best and look forward to your videos thank you. Heather

[@LisaMay_HomeAndAway]

Your an inspiration

[@elizabethstone4022]

I was soooo excited to see this video!! My husband said he came in and was talking to me while I was watching this and when I didn’t reply, he knew this was a gem of a video lol!! Would you please do a video on your fruit trees, upkeep, etc. We have 10 yr old fruit trees, so older than yours, but we didn’t not get many apples or pears or figs this year. What went wrong?? Any advice or recommendation of a video to watch, would be appreciated!! Absolutely loved this video!!

[@olgasamchuk4593]

Your garden is so beautiful, so lovely!!! Thank you very much for this video!! :)

[@Lovelygreens]

So nice of you, thank you :)

[@sheelaghomalley5459]

I have both Earthworms and New Zealand flatworms for about 20yrs. I definitely have a huge population of Earthworms. I practice a no dig garden and have many frogs.

[@Lovelygreens]

That gives me hope! Thank you 💚

[@francineh.7825]

Happy New Year! You both did so much over the year, was a lot of work but the gardens look amazing!

[@johnking-ht5ez]

Happy New Year Tanya and Josh.

[@Lovelygreens]

Same to you, John! Happy New year

[@lookinglassminiature]

I just ordered your book, very excited to read it! Love all of the progress you have made in your new home, thank you for such great content that continues to inspire other gardeners.

[@Lovelygreens]

You are so welcome, Jenn! I hope that you enjoy my book :)

[@emmalampka55]

Fantastic review of the year, amazing to see what you have achieved. Looking forward to see what 2023 brings.

[@Lovelygreens]

Thanks Emma 💚The countdown to spring is ON! I'll bet you're eager to start in your new garden too xx

[@emmalampka55]

For sure, learning the new planting schedules on Portugal is going to be fun

[@llinosdelythjones446]

I started moving from patio gardening to actual raised beds around the same time you moved. Watching your videos really kept me going, even when things went wrong. Thank you 😊, and Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

[@kristieoblak963]

fabulous! you inspire me :)

[@margarethughes3763]

Happy New Year. To you. and the lovely Isle of Man.

[@Lovelygreens]

Happy New Year, Margaret 💚

[@stupfifis.7009]

Wow you seem so radiant and happy ! I have a New greenhouse here in Germany and I absolutely love it! I just wish I had more time for the garden... Looking forward to the next year and your New Videos. Happy new year!

[@Lovelygreens]

Congrats on your new growing space, and I hope you have a great growing year ahead :) Happy new year!

[@lisagoldberg5178]

Happy New Year Tanya! Giving up the allotment must have been difficult, however, you are opening up a new opportunity for another gardener. Love the idea of using the frogs to take care of the NZ flatworms. I need to think about putting a small water garden in my growing space. I have lots of snails and slugs. I am also looking into making a lizard habitat. And they will need a water source. You are such an inspiration!❤🐸🦎

[@Lovelygreens]

That sounds like a fantastic idea, Lisa! We need more lizard and frog sanctuaries in the world :)

[@charlesbale8376]

Thank you for sharing, enjoyed the video.

[@Lovelygreens]

You're very welcome, Charles

[@altheab.8907]

Happy New Year, Tanya and Joshua. May you enjoy a happy, fruitful and prosperous year. You have accomplished so much in a short time. The Polycrub is wonderful. That was a very wise decision. Everything was so lush. It was beautiful. You’ll be able to start things earlier this year and get a head start. The property is looking wonderful. I look forward to seeing what you do this year. Hoping you caught those nasty flat worms in time and don’t have anymore. 😊💖🦋🕊

[@stelaroibas3192]

🎉Happy New Year Tanya&Josh! 🥳 Amazing past year, and wonderful plans ahead! Loved to see that the bee hives are keeping well at your garden! 💛

[@Lovelygreens]

Happy new year to you too, Stela! So happy to have them home too 🐝🥂

[@beckymartinez9926]

I wish I could do the no dig method but we have zero soil and all sand. However I don’t turn the soil over as you mentioned. I just layer and let everything break down into the soil.

[@Lovelygreens]

You're doing it no-dig from what you've said here :)

[@eliev7844]

Aww Tanya, what an inspiration your garden is! It hardly seems possible that you have achieved all that in just one year! So happy for you! Gutted about the NZFW. Really hope it remains contained to that side area. Can I just ask you, what type of grow lights are those in your shelves? Is it possible to have a link for them please. Happy New Year and happy growing ❤

[@danutplesu3352]

Aronia berry is great for living fence, looks great almost all year and produces a super fruit.

[@jenjeng3505]

Happy New Year 🥳

[@Lovelygreens]

Happy New Year Jen 🎉 😁

[@Chris-bx4vk]

What type of landscape fabric do you use?

[@horaceandspeedy]

Happy New Year. I enjoyed your review and am particularly jealous of your polycrub - we don't have these in New Zealand that I can locate, and they look well suited to the windy area that I live in. I was surprised to hear your issues with a New Zealand flatworm. I had to look this up as I had never heard of it. Maybe it is only a pest in other countries? Always learning! I love the set up of your garden and your 'assistant gardeners'. Not sure I would be happy with them on the table while I'm eating though :). All the best for 2023.

[@Lovelygreens]

Animals outside their native habitat can become a terrible nuisance. The New Zealand flatworm being one of them. Where they live, in the south island of New Zealand, they are a natural part of the ecosystem. Here, they devastate European earthworm species. So sad.

[@tassiegirl1991]

Stand proud both of you for what you have achieved in such a short “blink of an eye” time, it looks fantastic. So sorry that those pesky NZ flatworms were found I could see the impact on you by your eyes, hope those were isolated to the wood. All the very best in 2023.

[@kristieoblak963]

Tanya, I love the wall of wildflowers behind the polycrub. Where did you source your seeds from please? Thank you, Kristie

[@Lovelygreens]

They're an RHS pollinator mix that I got from a local garden centre 🙂

[@itsmewende]

Happy new Year to you and yours.! I am SSSo looking forward to sowing, I had great success last yr. Wonder how many watching for the first time can't believe the veg grown, I've watched for years, I'm amazed. Oh my word, what is up with the damaging worms, here in states, they're the jumping worm. Thank goodness they haven't reached me...yet. They're a huge worm that acts like a snake, anyone here in the states dealing with those.? I'm on the shore in Maryland.

[@Lovelygreens]

Thank you Wende, and so lovely to have you along for such a long time 💚 I've heard of the jumping worm and spotted lanternfly issues in the states...absolute nightmare.

[@itsmewende]

@@Lovelygreens Yes I was going to mention the lantern fly, I'm expecting them to make it my way some time this new yr. My brother found 3 - 4 at his house, he's a 2 hr drive from me. It's a shame, they're beautiful.

[@georgiapeachnut2490]

Hoping that you eradicate those flatworms. I know you will. Watching your videos always inspire me. It's because of you that I have all of my berry bushes.

[@brianmoroney3448]

Wow amazing

[@Lovelygreens]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@madamnoisri8017]

Hi🙏🌷thanks for your information 🙏🌹🌻👌

[@ThaStonedGardner]

No dig beds are more expensive at the start though. I've been planning my new garden; a few raised beds and then a bunch of plots directly into the ground. I'm not trying to go broke filling a hundred plus raised beds.

[@Lovelygreens]

Raised beds are different from no-dig beds. With no-dig, you don't need wooden sides. The only reason I have them for my beds is that my garden is on a slope, and it helps hold the compost in. The raised beds in the Polycrub took a lot to fill, though!

[@fireybutmostlyfriendly4299]

Excellent job 👏 That's a ton of progress in a year. Very well done.

[@Lovelygreens]

Thank you! Looking back certainly gives all the hard work perspective 💚

[@alpinereid5265]

Happy New Year, Tanya! Loved the year end review! Wondering how your bees faired in the transition from the allotment to your home garden.

[@Lovelygreens]

They're doing fine! Plenty of honey for the winter but I won't open the hives to check on them again until it warms up.

[@velc4773]

What flower are those at 2:28?

[@daynadinneen4296]

Just love watching you in your garden,, Could you please tell me where you purchase your steel garden hoops from and which ones you recommend please? Thanks so much

[@Lovelygreens]

Yes of course :) They're from a brilliant company I work with as an affiliate called Gardening Naturally. Here's their website: gardening-naturally.link/9TID5

[@daynadinneen4296]

@@Lovelygreens thanks so much Tanya. I'm reading your book at the moment, it was all I wanted for Christmas, just love it. You are such a talent. We are soon to move to a property up north in NZ, 2 acres in Matapoui, NZ and I csnt wait to try all the wonderful things I have learnt from you. I've gardened for years but only in a small place so I can't wait to go a little nuts with all the space. Thank you for inspiring all that enjoy watching you 🤗

[@ritawest2535]

Happy New Year to you and your sweeties! 🎉🎊 I'm SO excited for your plans! 😁 I looked up the dangers of the flatworms and almost couldn't believe what I read!! Please be careful and I fervently hope there are only a few from the wood! Cheers 🥂!

[@Lovelygreens]

They are the absolute worst around here and I'd venture to say that most locals don't even understand their impact or know that they're here. Keeping my fingers crossed that I can stay on top of them. Thanks for the message, Rita, and have a lovely new year too! 🥂

[@nadinebeetham2063]

Hi and thanks for all your content really love it. I have raised beds too and I just asked my husband about doing exactly this siliconing. He said the water would become water logged? Needed to drain. It had weed matting Inside. I'd be interested in your thoughts here as I find that water goes straight through and dries out the beds a bit. I'd imagine it would be a bit like a wicking system, would retain water. What would you do? Cheers Nadine Australia.

[@Lovelygreens]

If your beds are not waterlogged now, then they won't be by being siliconed. Waterlogging has more to do with the drainage underneath the beds. If anything, siliconing beds will help retain water and save on having to water as often. Probably a useful tactic during hot Australian summers!

[@mirnamenjivar6333]

Which measures are your garden beds?

[@craigbeas6111]

And Maggie helped too 😜👍👍👍👍

[@Lovelygreens]

Such a big help! lol

[@craigbeas6111]

@@Lovelygreens always 😂

[@silviaasturian5669]

Gratidão!!!❤❤

[@latte1020]

I have thoroughly enjoyed watching as you prepared this amazing garden! I was wondering what gasped to your plot, whoever gets that after you will be happy! It’s amazing what a year does when you work hard! We may be moving which means starting from scratch again like we did at our current home. Ugh flatworms!!!! Never heard of those but here in the States we’re being attacked by the invasive Jumping Worms that came from China they say, what’s deceiving about these though is that they look like earthworms! But what you pick them up they jump and wiggle like crazy anna have this light colored band around their necks. They multiply quickly and once you have then that’s it! I worked tirelessly last summer removing them. In tears and so mad I wanted to burn the garden down lol. I think they came in with either mulch or bagged soil. So no matter how hard you try to keep invasive bugs out you just can’t prevent it. You just have to be persistent in keeping in top of them. Now i was told by a landscaper NOT to use fresh wood chips in the garden because they attract ants especially carpenter ants! I never heard this have you noticed that?

[@claireseguin7421]

Do you work full time on the homestead?

[@danyoutube7491]

I'm sorry to hear about the flatworm problem, I hope it remains isolated on that side of the house. The garden looks great though, I love seeing young trees take off and grow, year by year.

[@Lovelygreens]

Yes, fingers crossed 🤞As for the trees (and hedges), they'll change the entire dynamic of the garden as they begin to fill in. It's going to be so beautiful! Even more birdsong, green, and texture 💚

[@wendit8226]

Great review Tanya, looking forward to the forthcoming growing season. May I ask what was the cost or the polycrubb?

[@Lovelygreens]

It's more expensive than a polytunnel and less expensive than a greenhouse of that size. The cost of the basic materials all depend on size of Polycrub you order, and details of that are on the Polycrub website, I believe. We also paid for joiners to put it together which made it more expensive.

[@Fireinthesky67]

Hi Tania. Happy new year! What do you think about getting a couple of ducks to exterminate the flatworms in this area ?

[@Lovelygreens]

They'd probably have a great time taking care of everything else growing in the garden too 😂 Ducks are pretty cute though! Love them

[@MotosAllotmentGarden]

😊👍

[@emptynestgardens9057]

🎆🎊Happy New Year Tanya & Maggie! Crossing my fingers the flat worm is caught early and isolated to that area. I have enjoyed your journey over the past 3yrs and your book. It is always on my coffee table and I enjoy reading it over and over again. I'm fascinated in that wasp hive and if it will deter them from returning this year. Cheers, Roxanne (Zone5 🇨🇦)

[@Lovelygreens]

Happy new year Roxanne and thanks for the lovely message :) I, too, am VERY interested to see if the wasp nest will work as a decoy. I think it will, but I also love how it looks in the Polycrub, both inside and out. Such a fascinating piece of natural art!

[@georgiapeachnut2490]

Great review video. May I ask what type of microphone are you using? Happy New Year 🤗

[@Lovelygreens]

It's a RODE mic 🎤

[@gillianbanks576]

At the end of this video you mention about a seed sowing video, saying that it can be watched next after this video. I've not been able to find it, where is it?

[@daiseegray9110]

Not sure if the NZ flatworm eggs can hitchhike on the bottom of your shoes, use caution! Best of luck!

[@paulwarrilow3427]

Happy New Year. Thank you for bringing the NZ flat worm to my attention, I had never heard of it and will know what to look for now. Reading a bit of info I found from the IOM Government on these worms, it states that setting a trap of black plastic weighted down on the ground should work. I am now a little worried as to what I will find under a 40 x 40ft area of ground I have under black plastic for the last few months. This is in preparation for setting up 7 new no dig beds ready for planting this year. Fingers crossed that I should be clear of them as this is being set on a field used for grazing and I have seen a really high number of normal worms when I ever disturb the soil for any reason. Is there any chance your flat worms came in from your neighbours? Looking forward to your videos over the coming year.

[@sewknitcreateandrepeat]

Wow, I’m in NZ and never heard of or seen NZ flatworms!!

[@Lovelygreens]

They only occur on the south island and are absolutely harmless in the ecosystem there.

[@sewknitcreateandrepeat]

@@Lovelygreens ahhh that would make sense, I’m in the nth haha

[@debbiegibson6113]

Are they also called rolly pollies?

[@Lovelygreens]

I'm not sure what part of the video you're in but are you talking about New Zealand flatworm? If so, no, they're much different.

[@carlamadigan419]

I’m very new to gardening (this’ll be my third year of food production), and didn’t know what those creepy things are. Now that I’ve seen you cry because they are in your garden, I am freaking out a bit! Can you speak some more on tips and tricks and what to do about them. I’ve been composting like a queen and would hate for my soil health to be compromised. Help.

[@health.bites.5615]

I hope you can eradicate those NZ flatworms. If I was you, I'd skip bringing anything home from your allotment, hard as that would be. It might give you a greater peace of mind, knowing no worm has hitchhiked to your lovely new home.

[@Lovelygreens]

I think you're right. Best start fresh 💚

[@sjoerdmhh]

Take cuttings and runners?

[@cindybroadus3277]

My thoughts as well. Not worth the risk

[@alison3276]

Happy New Year, Tanya :) I've loved watching you develop your garden the last year or so and so excited for 2023! Would it be possible to do some garden to table videos for us? I'm always curious about how all the harvest is used or preserved and looking for delicious recipes x

[@tanarehbein7768]

Take cuttings instead of risking moving the flatworms.

[@christineruddy9215]

Try the different concoctions in Korean Natural Farming. They may help with the worms “JADAM Organic Farming : The way to Ultra-Low-Cost agriculture, ULTRA Powerful Pest and Disease Control Solution, Make all-Natural Pesticide (second edition)” I got the Jadam book for Christmas and I am just about to read through it

[@Lovelygreens]

Thanks, will look into it.

[@sunmoonrise]

Sorry to ask but NZ flatworms is new to my knowledge. What it is?

[@Lovelygreens]

It's an invasive pest from New Zealand that, while harmless in its own native habitat, can utterly destroy earthworm populations outside of it. Here's more on it lovelygreens.com/new-zealand-flatworms/

[@sarahamilton7903]

Do you have rabbits where you are? I’ve had to put guards at the base of my new trees because they chew the bark. They are a real nuisance.

[@margarethughes3763]

You could start a small shop.

[@LoanNguyen-sb6pj]

This green house must cost a lot don’t you. I love this green house can you able to tell me a little bit about it, If you can.Thank you and Happy New year

[@Lovelygreens]

Look on my channel for a video on the Polycrub. It's from this time last year and will tell you all about it!

[@kali-66]

Gee i live in New Zealand and see those flatworms occasionally but never worry about them! didnt know they were such a pest.

[@Lovelygreens]

You are the FIRST Kiwi who has commented saying they've seen them at home. You must live on the south island?

[@kali-66]

@@Lovelygreens indeed i do

[@hutke01]

Why don’t you take cuttings of the plants you want move? I have had great luck with cuttings. That way you aren’t worrying about soil contamination.

[@Stezosledec559]

Are you teaching english or gardening? Nice wrap up. Thx

[@sallygiles132]

Oh my goodness, I’m all for organic gardening but Girl, I would blast that area with every chemical available to make sure they all die. It’s like having a baby, we want to do it all as nature intended but sometimes we have to take every drug available just to survive !!! Xxxxxx

[@Lovelygreens]

There's nothing on the market that can kill NZ flatworm, or I'm sure they'd be less of an issue. Only manually picking them off, hot water, salt, or alcohol can kill them. It's frustrating :(

[@sallygiles132]

@@Lovelygreens gosh, I didn’t know that. No wonder you are so upset about them, that’s just awful 😞

[@saarasalerto761]

Would ducks eat them?

[@boredgrass]

@ New Zealand Worm: Dear Tanya, I wonder, should NZW indeed become a problem, if a collaboration between your channel and scientists might enable otherwise impossible research. Bringing together resources and connections of a successful youtube channel, scientific expertise, and a large garden already effected by the worm (again, only in case the whole garden turns out to be effected!) Seems to me a basis for a citizen science project! You work very methodically. You base your approach on tested methods and, you monitor the effects of your work systematically and with care! What kind of citizen science do I have in mind? How should such a collaboration look in reality? The following is only a speculation to set a "frame" for my suggestion! The worm appears to strongly prefer, if not depend on, high humidity. It spreads in such numbers and speed that it is difficult if not impossible to contain. Gathering or chemicals haven't solved the problem. If it is not possible to gather or "kill off" the worms, what can be accomplished with local resources? What if it were possible to create subdivided areas, *"volumes" of soil that are small enough to either be controlled, or managed by conventional methods or, allow for keeping such a *volume long enough free of NZW to the effect that more intrusive measures like a complete change of the arable soil *volume, occur in tolerable frequency. *A volume of 1 to 2 m² of 1 to 2 meters depth and encapsulated in a kind of "bowl of dry soil or rock, dry enough to be intolerable for the NZW. Might it be feasible to create temporarily humid "trapping areas" in which the water can literally be switched off, and which are too large for the NZW to escape? Here (finally...;-) my suggestion: Might there be less intrusive measures that sufficiently isolate small ares that couldn't be tested because of lack of resources? Here comes your garden, your channel, and your highly systematic, consistent and openminded gardening into play. If my "Deworming Castle Pie in the sky" should indeed have living and still breathing cousins, languishing in desks drawers, I imagine a collaboration along the lines of a citizen science project, perhaps financed with a kickstarter or go fund me, that profits from the visibility of your channel and your person! Moreover, in time, should a longer project come out of this, I would imagine other garden owners effected by the worm, might be attracted by your videos, to join such a project. I wish you a happy new year!

[@Lovelygreens]

There are some studies on them happening in the UK, but unfortunately nothing new on controlling numbers. Other than removing areas where they can hide during the day and picking them off manually. Both I'll be looking at in the year ahead.

[@marqessanzcora4089]

Cant wait for strawberry video 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

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Coming this spring 🙂🍓

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Happy New year 🥂

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Happy New Year to you too :)